Force of Nature
Director - Michael Polish
Writer - Cory Miller
Starring - Emile Hirsch, Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth, Stephanie Cayo, David Zayas
Force of Nature is a throwback action movie largely set in a single apartment building which immediately draws unfavourable comparisons to Die Hard and The Raid. The screenplay attempts to update the straightforward no-nonsense action movies of the past to 2020 standards with token references to policing issues such as racial profiling, minority representation in policing, and police shootings while also being a pulpy action movie centered around stolen Nazi art. The two are not completely incompatible but is a very fine line to balance which it is not surprising that the Mel Gibson straight-to-VOD move fails to get right, ultimately failing at both.
